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  2. Detoxification - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metal detox, or detoxification, is the removal of toxic heavy metal substances from the body. In conventional medicine , detoxification can also be achieved artificially by techniques such as dialysis and (in a very limited number of cases) chelation therapy .

  3. What is a detox? Here's why you may want to think twice ... - AOL

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    To the body, “toxins are bacterial products, viral fungal products, [or] plant and animal products,” that act like a “poison to human cells or nerves,” Dr. Sarah Kahn, MD, a board ...

  4. Detoxification (alternative medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Detoxification (often shortened to detox and sometimes called body cleansing) is a type of alternative-medicine treatment which aims to rid the body of unspecified "toxins" – substances that proponents claim accumulate in the body over time and have undesirable short-term or long-term effects on individual health.

  5. Wellness Wednesday: Find out what toxins actually are ... - AOL

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    Find out how you can live a healthier life be limiting toxic exposure from your home and the foods you consume. Wellness Wednesday: Find out what toxins actually are and how to avoid them Skip to ...

  6. Drug detoxification - Wikipedia

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    Drug detoxification (informally, detox) is variously construed or interpreted as a type of "medical" intervention or technique in regards to a physical dependence mediated by a drug; as well as the process and experience of a withdrawal syndrome or any of the treatments for acute drug overdose (toxidrome).

  7. Xenobiotic metabolism - Wikipedia

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    Cytochrome P450 oxidases are important enzymes in xenobiotic metabolism.. Xenobiotic metabolism (from the Greek xenos "stranger" and biotic "related to living beings") is the set of metabolic pathways that modify the chemical structure of xenobiotics, which are compounds foreign to an organism's normal biochemistry, such as drugs and poisons.

  8. Heavy metal detoxification - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metal detox, or detoxification, is the removal of toxic heavy metal substances from the body. In conventional medicine, detoxification can also be achieved artificially by techniques such as dialysis and (in a very limited number of cases) chelation therapy. There is a firm scientific base in evidence-based medicine for this treatment. [1]

  9. Alcohol detoxification - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol detoxification (also known as detox) is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake in individuals that have alcohol use disorder. This process is often coupled with substitution of drugs that have effects similar to the effects of alcohol in order to lessen the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. When withdrawal does occur, it results in ...